As the saying goes, everything is sparse, but it actually has a deep truth.
When there are many people involved in a matter, it will naturally be difficult to keep the secret.
The problem lies in the acquisition of shares of SoftBank Group.
Because SoftBank Group is a very open listed company, many institutions and companies in Japan also hold its shares.
If you want to acquire 50% of the stocks of any company on the primary stock market, it is basically a dream.
Even if 100% of this company's stocks are open, it is impossible.
Because various funds, institutions, companies, banks, etc. will hold a large number of shares in their hands, and usually they will not touch these shares, but only receive dividends every quarter.
Especially for large companies with very high growth rates such as SoftBank Group, these companies purchase SoftBank shares for the purpose of long-term growth and appreciation. Even during the current financial crisis, they have not considered selling.
However, during this period, Citibank mobilized its forces to suppress SoftBank Group so hard that some institutions were interested in Citi's high bid.
Several funds have even sold their shares at 170% of the market price, allowing Citibank to receive a total of 2.8% of the shares.
But this is just to alert the enemy. Even though Citibank acted in a very secretive manner, SoftBank Group is a local snake after all, with many channels and connections, so it quickly came to the door.
As a large commercial bank that specializes in "doing evil" and "helping the tiger", Citibank still has this responsibility. As the actual person in charge, Bao Lijie firmly denied that their acquisitions had other uses, claiming that they were only for commercial purposes.
A strategy for Citibank’s investment arm.
Americans are not easily bullied anywhere in the world.
This is especially true for the super-large banks in the United States, which almost represent the interests of Americans, let alone Japan. Even a fighting nation like Russia does not dare to use violence to attack Citibank directly.
Therefore, Sun Zhenyi had no choice but to directly use a trick that has always been unfavorable throughout the ages.
Use money to open the way and find someone to buy information!
Money can make the world go round!
After spending more than 300,000 US dollars, Sun Zhenyi learned and confirmed the origin of this acquisition through the mouths of several "qingren".
It was Xiao Qi, the chairman of Fairy Company, who entrusted Citibank to acquire the shares of SoftBank Group.
Because Citibank has grown up with Xiao Qi and has always had the deepest connection with Xiao Qi, this behavior was supported by the Asian headquarters and was done very secretly. Because of this, Bao Lijie's attitude was extremely tough.
Upon hearing the news, Sun Zhenyi's heart sank.
There is no way he can fight against the behemoth Citibank.
Even Sun Zhenyi was not qualified to fight against Xiao Qi.
He didn't know why Xiao Qi wanted to acquire the SoftBank Group, but the SoftBank Group was his life's work, Sun Zhenyi's. Even if Xiao Qi was one of the richest people in the world, Sun Zhenyi would try his best to stop Xiao Qi.
Sun Zhenyi had no friendship with Xiao Qi. He didn't want to negotiate with Xiao Qi first, but he knew about Xiao Qi's bet with Citibank, so he immediately contacted his acquaintances in the United States. He wanted to ask if it was possible, from
Citigroup headquarters received some support for Citibank to withdraw from the acquisition.
It is a pity that Citibank and Xiao Qi are both rivals and partners. The relationship between the two companies is so close that even those who want to trick Xiao Qi do not agree to interrupt this entrusted acquisition.
The people sent by Sun Zhenyi to speak out came back disappointed.
Not to mention Citibank in Asia and Japan. Sun Zhenyi knew that they were basically Xiao Qi's supporters. Coupled with the entanglement of interests, convincing them was more troublesome than going to Xiao Qi directly.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Sun Zhenyi actually quietly got on the plane and arrived in Chengdu from Japan.
Sun Zhenyi's SoftBank Group has a lot of investments in China and has a wide network of contacts. Therefore, when he got off the plane in Chengdu, Fairy Company's Mercedes-Benz fleet was already waiting for him in the VIP aisle.
When he saw Xiao Qi in the small conference room on the eighth floor of the famous Fairy Company headquarters "UFO Building Group", the young man was engrossed in writing and drawing something.
Seeing Xiao Qi raise his head, with a young, delicate, shy face and a gentle smile, Sun Zhenyi thought he was seeing an ordinary college student.
But, he also knew that this was just an illusion.
Xiao Qi is truly a super genius with a scheming soul hidden in his heart, ten times more powerful than himself.
"Mr. Xiao!"
"President Sun!"
After shaking hands, the two sat at opposite ends of the U-shaped table.
Sun Zhenyi's entourage did not come in, and Xiao Qi had no subordinates around him.
Just when Sun Zhenyi was thinking about how to speak, Xiao Qi said it first: "President Sun is here because of my purchase of SoftBank Group shares, right?"
"Yes!"
Sun Zhenyi said in a neither humble nor condescending manner, "I heard about the cooperation between Mr. Xiao and KDDI, but I still can't figure out why you would be interested in the operations of SoftBank Group. I guess you didn't abandon this huge foundation in China to go to the small country of Japan.
It means working hard, so I wondered if there was a key point in it that I hadn’t figured out yet.”
Xiao Qi smiled and said, "I heard that Mr. Sun's ancestors were Chinese?"
Sun Zhenyi was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, our family moved to South Korea because of the war, and then entered Japan from South Korea. It is not wrong to say that my ancestral home is China."
"So can you speak Chinese?" Xiao Qi asked again.
"I'm sorry, I only speak English, Japanese and Korean." Sun Zhenyi said calmly, "But I know China very well, just like I know you, Mr. Xiao."
"You know me better than I know you." Xiao Qi laughed dumbly and said, "President Sun, let's not talk nonsense. What are you going to do now?"
Sun Zhenyi understood that negotiating with people like Xiao Qi was definitely very difficult.
He is not short of money at all, his power and reputation in the world are far higher than his, and he has an absolute advantage.
But Sun Zhenyi had to work hard. He could not just watch the SoftBank Group he founded eventually become someone else's.
This is absolutely not allowed for Sun Zhenyi, who has an extremely strong desire for control.
No matter what method he uses, he must regain control of SoftBank Group!
PS: The more I study, the more I find that JD.com’s success does not have much technical content. If Amazon can combine some domestic conditions, then JD.com will have nothing to do. Haha, you can also see the arrogance of gringos from here, from EBAY
, Amazon, and even early Microsoft, IBM, etc., only regard China as a dumping ground and they deserve their failure!